Unlike orchestral music, this is not so much referring to a grouping of certain instruments as it is to a genre of music. This genre encompasses a huge cross section of music. For example, an orchestral ensemble could perform a piece of music that falls under the jazz banner with perhaps the addition of saxophones and electric guitar and a standard jazz drum set. Jazz styles range anywhere from the blues and ragtime, dixieland to big band, bebop to Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, to avant-garde and jazz fusion, the last of which is a combination of the elements of rock and jazz and which I would say is my favourite type of jazz; I'm a big fan of Pat Metheny and Chick Corea. As for the older era of jazz, I very much like the music of George Gershwin - I think he and I would have gotten along great : ) To go further back, I also love the ragtime music of Scott Joplin, who dates back to the late 1800's.

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